{"product_id":"great-expectations-a-twenty-first-century-adaptation-9781350073449","title":"Great Expectations: A Twenty-First-Century Adaptation","description":"\u003ci\u003eI can't forget her...sometimes, thinking about everything I have to live up to, trying to be this new person, its too much. The only way I can make sense of it all is the thought that somewhere down the line, this new life might somehow bring us together.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn this modern day re-imagining of Charles Dicken's classic story, Pip is a boy from a council estate with no money, and no hope for the future. His mother, widow Jo Gargery, is a police officer struggling to provide for herself and her son. Before long, Pip's life is changed forever after he meets mysterious fugitive Magwycz, the beautiful but troubled Estella and the fearsome, wounded Miss Havisham. Pip's whirlwind adventure takes him to the heights of big city success - and into more danger than he could have ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatapulting Dicken's beloved characters into the 21st century, Tom Crowley's adaption captures all the humour, humanity and adventure of the original with its timeless themes of unrequited love, the divide between the rich and the poor, and what it means to be 'good'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at The Old Red Lion Theatre, London in December 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Crowley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350073449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Crowley is a writer, director, producer and performer, and is a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme and the King's Head Trainee Director Scheme. He is best known as a series writer and performer in the Prix Europa-nominated podcast sitcom \u003ci\u003eWooden Overcoats \u003c\/i\u003e(available now on all podcast platforms), and as the playwright behind the stage adaptation of the \u003ci\u003eRocky Horror\u003c\/i\u003e sequel, \u003ci\u003eShock Treatment \u003c\/i\u003e(King's Head, 2015).\u003cbr\u003eHis other writing credits include a number of stage comedies for children at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells as well as Cartoon Network's BAFTA-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing World of Gumball \u003c\/i\u003eand Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eFour Sad Faces, The Now Show \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe News Quiz\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eHe is the founder and Artistic Director of Crowley \u0026amp; Co., a creative production company. Under that banner, he has produced and directed his own play \u003ci\u003eGhost City\u003c\/i\u003e (Festival Spirit Award nominee, VAULT Festival 2015), a two-week takeover at VAULT 2016 entitled The Locker (featuring world premières of new writing by David K. Barnes, Felix Trench, Simon Blake and Cordelia Lynn), Felix Trench's \u003ci\u003eRadioman\u003c\/i\u003e (Old Red Lion, 2016), Molly Beth Morossa's \u003ci\u003eGreywing House\u003c\/i\u003e (London Horror Festival, VAULT 2017) and a regular variety show, \u003ci\u003eThe Night \u003c\/i\u003eat Brasserie Zédel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44415555043443,"sku":"9781350073449","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_cace8480-3393-499e-b020-df79c5cb61a6.jpg?v=1772198799","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/great-expectations-a-twenty-first-century-adaptation-9781350073449","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}